The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 1J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... never required , or ac- cepted , the slightest pecuniary recompence for his labours . His first residence was in the Temple , afterwards at Hampton , and lastly at Hampstead , where he continued near thirty years . In this retreat his ...
... never required , or ac- cepted , the slightest pecuniary recompence for his labours . His first residence was in the Temple , afterwards at Hampton , and lastly at Hampstead , where he continued near thirty years . In this retreat his ...
Page xvi
... never been produced without some imperfection . Circumstanced as he has been , he is sensible how inadequate his powers were to the task imposed on him , and hopes for the indulgence of the reader . He feels that " the inaudible and ...
... never been produced without some imperfection . Circumstanced as he has been , he is sensible how inadequate his powers were to the task imposed on him , and hopes for the indulgence of the reader . He feels that " the inaudible and ...
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... the painting that represented the robbery at Gadshill , but never so much as hinted at any other pictures in the house ; and had there bilities may be suggested : -first , that if Shak- MR . RICHARDSON'S PROPOSALS . 9.
... the painting that represented the robbery at Gadshill , but never so much as hinted at any other pictures in the house ; and had there bilities may be suggested : -first , that if Shak- MR . RICHARDSON'S PROPOSALS . 9.
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... never laughed ; " and - to waste no more words on Sir William D'Avenant , -let but our readers survey his heavy , vulgar , unmeaning face , and , if we mistake not , they will as readily conclude that Shakspeare " never holp to make it ...
... never laughed ; " and - to waste no more words on Sir William D'Avenant , -let but our readers survey his heavy , vulgar , unmeaning face , and , if we mistake not , they will as readily conclude that Shakspeare " never holp to make it ...
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... never saw England till 1618 , above a year after our author's death . So ready , however , are interested people in as- sisting credulous ones to impose on themselves , that we will venture to predict , if some opulent dupe to the ...
... never saw England till 1618 , above a year after our author's death . So ready , however , are interested people in as- sisting credulous ones to impose on themselves , that we will venture to predict , if some opulent dupe to the ...
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